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February 2020 theview arlington middle Arlington Middle School brought back a familiar face to speak at this month's Character Counts program! Jonathan Bowlan, who attended ACS until his senior year, was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 2018 to play for its Minor League team in Idaho. He has since worked his way up to the High A division, now playing for the Wilmington Blue Rocks in Deleware. Jonathan spoke to the students about the values of dedication, teamwork, com- mitment, and surrounding yourself with positive influences. He even signed a few autographs after his speech. "I just wanted them to know that all you have to do is push yourself to reach your goals," Bowlan said. "Dreams can become a reality. I just hope they stay dedi- cated, chase those dreams and don't let anything stop them." After nine rounds and dozens of questions about U.S. geography, Arlington Mid- dle School crowned a new champion for the annual AMS Geography Bee. The 6th- grade class stole the show, with Brenna Robertson taking 1st place, followed by Jere- my Leggett as runner-up. Congratulations to all those who participated! lakeland elementary We are so proud of the LES drama club. Their production of Aladdin Kids was truly great. Iago(Claire) goes into the record books for the greatest squawk of all time. .com Page 9 lakeland middle prep Nearly thirty percent of the LMPS (Lakeland Middle Preparatory School) Concert Band members have been selected for the All West Middle School Bands this year, according to Brent Hopper, LMPS band director. The students auditioned Saturday (1.18.20) at Northside High School in Jack- son, TN, with 817 other students from the West Tennessee region middle schools. Those selected for the Blue Band (top band for All West) are: Dudley Nichols 1st Chair Blue Band Tuba Omar Medina 2nd Chair Blue Band Trumpet Samuel Carr 3rd Chair Blue Band Euphonium Sean Chung 6th Chair Blue Band Clarinet Those selected for Red Band (second band) are: Olivia Green 1st Chair Red Band Oboe Pierce Albrecht 1st Chair Red Band Trombone Emelyn Robertson 3rd Chair Red Band Horn Marie Bice 3rd Chair Red Band Euphonium Miller McCormack 4th Chair Red Band Trumpet Micah Roy 4th Chair Red Band Bassoon Anandi Durgam 6th Chair Red Band Percussion Isabella Da Silva 16th Chair Red Band Clarinet James Ma 17th Chair Red Band Clarinet Bennett Hale 1st Alternate Alto Saxophone Mr. Hopper explains the audition process. “In their audition, students first per- form a prepared piece. They also perform a chromatic scale displaying the full range of their instrument, two major scales selected at random, and conclude by performing a short sight reading excerpt. For sight reading, the students are given thirty seconds to look over a couple of lines of music they have never seen before, and then are rated on their ability to accurately perform what they see.” “Regardless of whether or not a student makes the All-West Bands or not, I’m incredibly proud of the work my students put into their auditions. This experience will give them valuable feedback as they continue to grow not only as musicians, but as people.” He said all students selected will gather for the All-West Clinic Feb. 13th-15th at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Memphis. From left to right: Pierce Albrecht, Marie Bice, Samuel Carr, Emelyn Rob- ertson, Omar Medina, Miller McCormack, Dudley Nichols, Anandi Durgam, Bennett Hale, Isabella Da Silva, James Ma, Sean Chung, Olivia Green, Micah Roy.

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